NO18 - Less than a week to go!

I have gone over the paperwork so many times it has left copy marks on my retina!

My last job was ordering some Norwegian currency from Thomas Cook. I did it online and arranged to collect the cash today. Only £60's worth.

There wasn't much choice as all the other companies had very high minimums. My usual source, the Post Office, the minimum was £400!

Norge dosh

As we are on a cruise with pretty much all-inclusive food and drink I didn't want too much cash. We have plenty of cards to use if we buy anything.

We have stops in Stavanger, Olden and Alesund and so we might need a few krone in the pockets in case of a coffee or maybe a postcard. Do people still send postcards?

We have been to Stavanger and Olden before so we can be a little more relaxed and choose where we want to go rather than going at it like tourist bees.  . Alesund is new territory. I have a Rough Guide to Norway booklet I bought a while back to look at and also there will be Tripadvisor.

We are due in Bergen again on August 9th. The last time we were there in 2013, we moored way out in the boonies and had less time to look around the city. We had to wait for them to conjure up some coaches and then take us into the city. A lot of shore time was wasted. 

http://devalltravel.blogspot.com/2013/06/day-6-paul-view-bergen.html

This time we are hopefully going to be mooring close by the city centre where we can get easy access to Bryggen and the funicular, known as the Fløibanen, to see the view over the city and the fjord.

In anticipation I decided to book the Fløibanen, in advance. This would also mean I could use my Halifax Clairty credit card and not incur bank charges for using it for foreign currency or purchases. Unlike some other MasterCard and VISA cards that add a fee plus a percentage commission on to transactions.

Fløibanen - http://floyen.no/en/

The other little job is to get the batteries together for the Canon 1100D DSLR. I have a few. I bought a couple and "lost" them and so bought another pair of pattern batteries. Then I found the first pair. I now have four spares to get charged up plus the OEM Canon battery. Hopefully enough teamed with 16gb and 32gb SD cards.

It was near the end of the last cruise that my old 300D stopped working when an unobtainium spring broke controlling the shutter.

This morning we had a shopping trip into Canterbury to get some t-shirts and a few medical supplies. Ostensibly, the trip was to get some bits and pieces for Claire and well why not?  

Next get in the loft and pull the cases down.

Oh. I started a new blog for this cruise on blogspot!!!!!

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